The development of the uranium and nuclear industry in South Africa, 1945-1970 : a historical study

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dc.contributor.advisorvan Zyl, Diko J.en_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorReitmann, D.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorJanson, Elsie Johanna Georginaen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Department of History.
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-27T11:36:46Z
dc.date.available2012-08-27T11:36:46Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.descriptionDissertation (D.Phil.) -- University of Stellenbosch, 1995.
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: The story of South Africa uranium begins in the late 1880's when it was observed that the green flourescence of minute crystals found in gold-bearing ore from South Africa was due to radioactivity. These were first indications that the ore contained uranium. The urgency of the Allied Nations to obtain uranium during the Second World War for the production of nuclear weapons, brought to the notice of the Combined development Trust a paper by South African mineralogist, RA Cooper, that indicated that the South African gold reefs carried a mineral, uraninite, nearly half of which contained a compound of uranium.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die verhaal van uraan in Suid-Afrika begin in die laat tagtigerjare van die neëntiende eeu toe groen fluoressensie van uiters klein kristalle waargeneem is in gouderts afkomstig uit Suid-Afrikaanse myne en dit verder bewys is dat dit deur radioaktiwiteit veroorsaak is. Dit was die eerste aanduiding dat die Suid-Afrikaanse gronderts uraan bevat.af_ZA
dc.format.extent429 pages
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/54874
dc.language.isoen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch University
dc.subjectNuclear industry -- South Africa -- Historyen_ZA
dc.subjectDissertations -- Historyen_ZA
dc.subjectUCTDen_ZA
dc.titleThe development of the uranium and nuclear industry in South Africa, 1945-1970 : a historical studyen_ZA
dc.typeThesis
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